FC Groningen 2-0 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 18 September 2010

Result

FC Groningen 2-0 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 18 September 2010, 16:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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FC Groningen 2-0 Excelsior: match report

FC Groningen defeated Excelsior 2-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 18 September 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.

Nicklas Pedersen opened the scoring in the 51st minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Nicklas Pedersen (51') and T. Matavž (73'). Excelsior did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 4th on 11 points from 5 and Excelsior 6th on 10 points from 5. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 4th with 63 points, and Excelsior 16th with 35.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Groningen wins, 0 draws and 0 for Excelsior.

Going into the match FC Groningen's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Excelsior's W-D-W-W-L.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Goal · Nicklas PedersenFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 73'Goal · T. MatavžFC Groningen · 2-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: FC Groningen 4, draws 0, Excelsior 0.

Team news

FC Groningen line-up

Luciano, Jonas Ivens, Fredrik Stenman, Andreas Granqvist, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Tom Hiariej, Dusan Tadic, Tim Matavz, N. Pedersen, Thomas Enevoldsen, Tim Sparv

Excelsior line-up

Cees Paauwe, Daan Bovenberg, Norichio Nieveld, Kevin Wattamaleo, Jordy Clasie, Benjamin Baltes, Guyon Fernandez, Roland Bergkamp, Hélder Queirós, Leen van Steensel, Ryan Koolwijk